First Look - Electro-Harmonix Attack Decay

Based on the early '80s original oddball, this rebirth has pin-point control on the bloom and fade of your notes. In addition, V2 furthers the weird with tape-reverse effects, delayed volume swells, abrupt note death, affect each individual note, and a built-in fuzz circuit.
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[@premierguitar]

Read the review: bit.ly/EHXAttackDecay

[@RisikoAO]

Nice demo. More videos like this pls, I'm kinda sick of overdrive demos with blues licks.

[@joewilmot]

Finally, someone said it. Thank you.

[@witchfindergeneralelectric8758]

Love the pedal. Love Brandon's reviews. So nice to see somebody doing something different, the electric guitar is capable of so much more than just blues and shred. Thank you Premier Guitar, keep up the great work!

[@markhammer643]

I picked up one of these today, and am quite pleased with the sounds I can get out of it. I was able to mimic the old Gretsch Controfuzz very nicely by using the harmonix, setting the blend at around 9:00, and adjusting the Attack time so that the fuzz faded in as the clean tone start to fade out..

[@jarrodhroberson]

Thumbs up for just introducing us to the "bubbles" sound!

[@billnelson9413]

I like the beginning because it sounds like a calliope or pump organ playing some Twin Peaks theme.

[@lolobuggah2670]

You are a good pedal reviewer. I'd like to see more of your demos.

[@ShiningEyeBrigade]

Interesting. A lot of unusual guitar sounds in there. Would love to get my hands on it to experiment.

[@s.w.matteo6679]

My Pigtronix Attack Sustain pedal does this for me. I love it and am curious about this one.

[@roughcutguitars]

I'm Only Sleeping, Tomorrow Never Knows.. here I come :-)

[@ericportillo8277]

Ehx should make a glitchy pedal and call it the Woz, after steve wozniak

[@markferguson3745]

They already make a few older ones, like the Blurst, that are like that.

[@Walliebal]

Nice pedal and affordable!

[@iqrambudiman1947]

that sound’s remembering me the album paranoid android by radiohead

[@Shadoweclipse1386]

I think the bubble sound is useless, and the fuzz doesn't do much for me, but the basic attack and decay functions sound pretty decent. Love the loop too.

[@ricohsuave9841]

So, it makes your guitar sound like an accordion or an aquarium?

[@DavidMorisset]

Coney Island.

[@markferguson3745]

Yeah, and it makes you sound clever and funny.

[@GutoSantana]

@@markferguson3745 LOL

[@zorbanongreco]

An accordion in an aquarium even😂 🐂💨 💨 💨 💨

[@mikec6733]

It makes it sound like the guy next door is mowing his lawn.

[@lukewarren7857]

Best manual instruction Yet! Please keep making I just got mine a few months ago, she's a monster. I also brought the EHX Blurst I use it within the effects chain " more instruction about that Sir, please¿ I'm trying to connect my Q~tonight plus also has effects loop however if Q-tron is in bypass, no signals pass ' question being; Attack/ decay first, then Q,-tron ( effects loop, to Q tron, then effect loop to blust input, both controlled by EHX duel expression pedal? Or...¿ ?

[@lolobuggah2670]

Bubble sound? 😃 how did you achieve that weirdness?

[@Updog89]

Where should this go in the signal chain?

[@aarcvault908]

Am I the only one having trouble with the bubbles setting? Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't and other times stops working while engaged. I know Tracking & Poly mode are integral, but I continue to experience issues. Maybe I got a bad one, but all the other functions work just fine. -Nice review, by the way; you appear to be an actual human being (as opposed to a sales rep).

[@harrkava2141]

Anyone hear Autolux?

[@bleach6bleach]

Thought I was the only one

[@omarcapaso7156]

Sounds like a bad zoom connection

[@jimthecraftyguitarist878]

This demo appears to a much more real experience compared to the EHX demo which while impressive, over simplifies how to get the sounds you want.

[@stratowhore9051]

Everyone goes on about the bubbles thing but you can easily get rid of it by changing the decay and attack values. Would anyone seriously use many of these demo sounds in a song?

[@Beermaker2000]

Ha, thinking the same thing. This should have been titled "Here's 13 minutes of unusable sounds from this otherwise great pedal"

[@zorbanongreco]

Stratowhore&beermaker It's not all about songs guys. Much more musical fun in sounds&rythms&noizizzzzz🐂💨 💨 💨

[@huskobar4545]

That bubble sound sounds EXACTLY like early 2000s really bad low bit-rate MP3 file artifacts. Who would PURPOSELY want that???

[@lolobuggah2670]

Radiohead used it in a cool way in My Iron Lung.

[@cluecumber]

cool idea but it suffers from the same things that plague the more complex/weird digital EHX effects, ie too many bad - painful even - sounds compared to the good ones

[@erikavery8083]

Good for weird movie bits.

[@nickm.9474]

OMG!! 20 SECONDS IN AND I WANT TO BLOW MY BRAINS OUT!!! Nice demo.

[@MachineHeadDissent]

Really bad acid trip!!!...🤣🤣🤣

[@VonBluesman]

4:45 he says it’s a tweaker pedal. My neighbor would love it. I wish he buy it and move to the other side of the world, I am sick of smelling their nasty poisonous fumes.

[@Beermaker2000]

Reviewer: "I know this pedal is called a reverse tape simulator, but let's not actually demo that, let's turn every setting to their absolute extremes, play 10 minutes of unlistenable trash, and then called the pedal 'weird' "

[@kierenmoore3236]

The tone of this thing is horrible ...

[@erikavery8083]

It is. I'd use it for incidental music stabs in tracking movie bits.

[@jinglekeys43]

Oh so this pedal is useless...Got it

[@HomoChomsky]

No, only you.

[@robertmailloux3720]

For some ,yes,others no..did you vote for the fat orange bastard trump? If yes,plug your guitar in a bible and you will be happy..just drill a hole in it the size of your guitar jack.

[@thetribalist6923]

@@robertmailloux3720 I agree this guy's assessment is myopic, but why shoehorn politics into it?

[@jinglekeys43]

Robert Mailloux we should make out

[@kless001]

Why did jingle edit his comment? Was just about to recommend a distortion pedal for his basic self.

[@bryanwinsor9392]

That's a piece of shit.

[@Sasketchejuana_man]

cant see any reason for ever using this. ever.

[@RetningNord]

Almost 5 minutes before any playing....